Name: How the Universe Works
Released: 2010-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dr. Michio Kaku, Lawrence Krauss, Phil Plait

TV Show · Documentary

How the Universe Works shows you how the cosmos is designed, built, and actually works. See as never before the inner workings of our world, and explore black holes, supernovae, neutron stars, dark energy, and all the titanic forces that make us who we are.

2010 · 47m

Starring Dr. Michio Kaku, Lawrence Krauss, Phil Plait

Director Alex Hearle

EPISODE 2

Black Holes

Black Holes,the most powerful destroyers in the Universe, the most mysterious phenomena in the heavens. For years they were only speculation, now modern astronomy is proving them frighteningly real and showing that they may well shape everything we see.

2m
EPISODE 1

Journey from the Sun's Center

We're digging in to see how the sun's heat and light get to us.

41m
EPISODE 2

End of the Universe

How and when will the Universe end? Gravity and dark matter are poised to annihilate the Universe in a big crunch. Expansion and dark energy may tear it apart. Or, a phase transition could kill us tomorrow in a cosmic death bubble.

41m
EPISODE 3

Jupiter

Beneath Jupiter's clouds lie our solar system's deepest secrets: from its violent youth, through the birth of life to the death of the sun. Scientists are discovering that the solar system, the Earth and every living thing exists because of Jupiter.

41m
EPISODE 4

First Second

The first second of the Universe, the creation of everything when space, time, matter and energy burst into existence. It is the most important second in history, which seals the Universe's fate and defines everything that comes after - including us.

41m
EPISODE 5

Saturn

Saturn's secrets are out. The ferocious weather, the evolving ring system and the discovery of active geology on Saturn's moons has rewritten the textbooks. Scientists are looking for life on Saturn's moons and they may have found it on Titan.

41m